Simply Red

Released: October 14, 1985

Many types came to see the picture
Many types came to see the picture
Only he had the right to come
Only he is long gone

Will or win or wicked, it's written in it

(repeat)

Quivering in mutual agression
Women sing remembering affection
Only he had the right to come
Only he is long gone

Will or win or wicked, it's written in it
(repeat)

Here by the side of the book
(We beseech thee, we beseech thee.)
Here by the side of Piero's spirit

Simply Red is a British soul and pop band. The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, whose seven-year run produced limited releases on local labels and ended in 1984 upon critical acclaim for their final single, “Holding Back the Years”.

By early 1985, Mick Hucknall and manager Elliot Rashman had assembled a band of local session musicians and begun to attract record company attention. The group adopted the name “Red” (after Hucknall’s nickname, denoting his hair colour) but then Mick decided it would sound better with the addition of the word ‘Simply.’

Since the mid 1980s, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.

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